courtroom
Americannoun
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courtrooms
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of courtroom
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Wong sat in the courtroom dock as the charges were read out, before confirming his guilty plea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
"These results reflect diligence, resilience and a prosecutorial approach anchored on evidence and courtroom outcomes."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Robert and Michelle King return to the network and territory of their acclaimed series “The Good Wife” with this Silicon Valley-based legal dramedy, replicating that show’s mix of quirk, current events and courtroom nail-biters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Palal was the first to address his closing arguments to the jury in a Las Vegas courtroom and will be followed by Michael Sanft, the defense attorney for Davis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
I told my moms the same thing when we were walking out of the courtroom together.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Profanity and personal attacks have increasingly become part of India's public discourse, from television debates to courtrooms and even parliament.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
There is no oak panelling, no green leather-bound legal textbooks like the courtrooms you see on TV dramas.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
In county-seat courtrooms, you learn quickly that the court system works only when everyone—the farmer, the defendant, the victim’s family—knows the judge is impartial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
In courtrooms, this played out in the form of trying to block consideration of the racial effects of a policy rather than focusing solely on proving an invidious racist intent.
From Slate ● May 7, 2026
The parade of guilty people through America’s courtrooms gives the false impression to the public—as well as to judges—that when the police have a “hunch,” it makes sense to let them act on it.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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